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Monday, September 20, 2010

Structural Failures

September 20th Historical Structural Failures Found in Newspaper Archives

1883 - Roof Collapses Injuring Three The Globe Extra , Evening Edition, Thursday, September 20, 1883 CRUSHED UNDER A FALLING ROOF. ---...

Nanette South Clark September 20, 2010

By Nanette South Clark at September 20, 2010

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Labels: Structural Failures

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Some Cool Buildings We Saw or Drove By on our Vacation - July 2010

So, we just took a 2-week vacation and saw or passed by some really cool buildings! Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone Park, Montana. While we we...

Nanette South Clark July 07, 2010

By Nanette South Clark at July 07, 2010

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Structural Failures

The Moenchenstein Railroad Bridge Collapse - June 14, 1891

THE HISTORY OF THE BIRS BRIDGE Gustave Eiffel engineered the doomed Swiss bridge over the Birs River in 1874-1875. This is indeed the same ...

Nanette South Clark June 14, 2010

By Nanette South Clark at June 14, 2010

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Labels: Bridges, Gustave Eiffel, Moenchenstein Railroad Bridge, Structural Failures

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Anecdotes about Scientists found in Newspaper Archives Published on June 11th

1887 - Michael Faraday The Marion Daily Star , Marion, Ohio, June 11, 1887. " Stored Up" Force in Water. An error concerning water...

Nanette South Clark June 10, 2010

By Nanette South Clark at June 10, 2010

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Labels: Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Darwin, Engineering Anecdotes, Engineering History, Ernest Rutherford, Inventions, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Michael Faraday, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Structural Failures

June 9, 1999 - A Concrete Floor Collapses in the Rennebohm Pharmacy Building at UW-Madison

From the Wisconsin State Journal , Madison, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 10, 1999, Pages 1A and 3A. Map of UW-Madison and the Rennebohm Pharmac...

Nanette South Clark June 09, 2010

By Nanette South Clark at June 09, 2010

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Labels: Rennebohm Pharmacy Building, Structural Failures

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